What other book might you compare Teaching the Cat to Sit to and why? If you could sum up Teaching the Cat to Sit in three words, what would they be? Teaching the Cat to Sit examines the modern roles of motherhood and religion and demonstrates that our infinite capacity to love has the power to shape us all. And she realizes that in order to be a good mother, she may have to be a bad daughter.
Her quest to have her son accepted into the Church leads to a battle with Sacred Heart and with her mother that leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about the bonds of family and faith. At 43 years of age and seemingly settled in her decision to live life openly as a gay woman, Theall and her partner attempt to have their son baptized into the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in the liberal town of Boulder, Colorado. There, she made her home on an elk migration path facing the Continental Divide, speaking to God every day, but rarely seeing another human being. Shame and her longing for her mother’s acceptance led her to deny her feelings and eventually run away to a remote stretch of mountains in Colorado. Coming of age in the Texas Bible Belt, a place where it was unacceptable to be gay, Theall found herself at odds with her strict Roman Catholic parents, bullied by her classmates, abandoned by her evangelical best friend whose mother spoke in tongues, and kicked out of Christian organizations that claimed to embrace her - all before she’d ever held a girl’s hand. From the time she was born, Michelle Theall knew she was different. Pam Braun will discuss and sign “The Ultimate Anti-Cancer Cookbook.A compelling memoir of a gay Catholic woman struggling to find balance between being a daughter and a mother raising her son with a loving partner in the face of discrimination. Sara Davidson and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi will discuss and sign “The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life’s Greatest Mystery.”ĩ315 Dorchester St., 30 March 28: 7:30 p.m. Paulette Livers will read from and sign “Cementville.” Bruce Weber will discuss and sign “Life is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America.” Jenny Bowen will discuss and sign “Wish You Happy Forever: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains.” March 25: 7:30 p.m. Michelle Theall will read from and sign “Teaching the Cat to Sit.”Ģ526 E. Julene Bair will read from and sign “The Ogallala Road.” March 29: 7 p.m. The Boulder Book Store presents Sara Davidson and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, who will discuss and sign “The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life’s Greatest Mystery.” Vouchers, $8, include $8 voucher off the purchase of the book.Ģ32 Walnut St., Fort Collins, 97, Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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